Its a new day

13 October 2017




Hi and Welcome to Kylies life, as most of you know we have been unwell.  I was over my cold in two days, Hubby took longer and Oscar is still having the lingering effects.  He did end up in ED but once he got some Prednisilone  ( Redipred, it is a steriod that opens up the broncial tubes so that he can breathe easier) he was fine.

Yesterday I bought a bread maker, the first loaf of bread has been made and we are 4 slices into its consumption!!! I bought a bread maker because I spend a fortune on bread, I want to try and cut down on what I have to buy at the grocery store and I figure that making my own I can add ingredients - fruit, nuts, chia seeds, psylium husk and so forth.  This is going to go hand in hand with my menu planning and becoming a more effective house wife and mother, I am working on the theory that it is a new city a fresh start.  I would like to say that I am going to be able to be a SAHM but the reality of the situation is I need to work - unless I win lotto! So I need to look at ways of making my life a wee bit easier. Now I can hear you say if you want your life to be easier why did you buy a bread maker so here is the plan, on the weekend I want to get at least four loaves of bread made and if I get one made every second day then we are not going to run out of bread, I have been able to control what goes into the bread and I have made it myself.


Making it myself is becoming more important to me, so I am knitting a scarf , I am not a fast knitter so I figure if I start it now that it will be ready for winter, my goal is to make scarves and beenies for troops that are serving overseas and for babies in hospital - hospitals can never have enough beenies and booties for babies.  I also wouldn't mind learning how to sew, I really like the 50's and buying clothes that are reproductions from that era are very expensive so sewing them myself will be cheaper and I will get a great sense of achievement.
But first is to get the scarves and beenies knitted, and to figure out how to get them to the appropriate place I guess the first place I should contact is the RSL they should be able to help they may even be able to put me in touch with the local CWA.

So today Carrissa gets home from camp, Oscar has missed her so much but I am pretty sure that within a hour of her being home they will be fighting.....it will be like she had never left :(.  I do wonder when they will get to the stage when they don't fight and do actually get along I am getting worn down with their constant bickering and the fact that they can't entertain themselves - without watching a electrical device. It makes me wonder if there is a way off the slippery slope and if I can turn it around before it is too late?, is it to late once they have already become so used to using electronic devices for entertainment?.  Maybe if we start with some little changes so that they don't go into elctronic device withdrawl and go bat crap crazy.

The weather has changed again, we had a week of spring and now we are back to winter, I knew that the weather changes heaps in Melbourne but this is not funny.  I feel like I am in long pants all of the time and I am desperate to get into my dresses, skirts and summer shirts. Maybe I should just wear them and put cardigans and stockings with them.

Ok thats all for now toodles xxxxxxx